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There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.


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Safe and Free : Legislative Documents

Testimony of Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at a Hearing on Warrantless Wiretapping (06/07/2007)

Survey on Civil Liberties and Driver's Licenses for the ACLU (05/23/2007)
A poll conducted by Washington firm Belden Russonello and Stewart asking American voters for their opinions on driver's licenses.

Coalition Letter to Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on the Administration's May 1st Testimony on FISA (05/09/2007)

Testimony of ACLU of Vermont Executive Director Allen Gilbert on Real ID Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (05/08/2007)

ACLU Comments to the Department of Homeland Security Regarding Real ID Regulations (05/07/2007)

ACLU Statement to the Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Regarding FISA "Modernization" (05/01/2007)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Strongly Discouraging the "Modernization" of FISA (04/16/2007)

Testimony of ACLU Client and National Security Letter Recipient George Christian at a Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution (04/11/2007)

Caroline Fredrickson's Statement for the Record on The Abuse of National Security Letters Before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (03/28/2007)

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